My 19th Birthday!

January 28th was my birthday I was woken up by all of my friends & family wanting to wish me a HAPPY 19th BIRTHDAY. That was great and all but I don't think anyone realized the time zone difference as I started getting calls at 5:00 am my time which would be 7:00 am Florida time..LOL that's ok it was nice seeing everyone remember my birthday. I'm sure my mom had something to do with that she was worried about me spending my birthday alone. This was the 1st birthday that I spent away from my family. It was really hard for me as I am so use to being with all of them.
For my birthday I decided to treat myself to dinner at my favorite reseraunt the Cheese Cake Factory. I had a really good time I invited my friend Amber to come with me. I ate until I couldn't eat anymore.

I want to send a HUGE thank you to everyone that called, sent cards and even sent presents to me. I LOVED going to the mailbox and opening it up to actually find something bedsides bills in there...LOL No but for real thank you all so much for making this birthday a little bit easier for me being up here all alone.

Here is a picture of me on my b-day.

Bad Day

My car wouldn't start yesterday and if things couldn't get any worse it was 8 degrees snow falling down everywhere & I had to walk to school, thank god it is only a mile away but walking in the snow carrying a 10 lb back pack is no easy task.

I was FREEZING!!! It was so cold that the sun wasn't even melting the snow. I figured it was just too cold for my little Florida beetle to start up. When I had a break I walked back home to find that the car still wouldn't start. So back to school in the afternoon by foot yet again the snow had stopped but it was still very cold by mid afternoon it was a whopping 18 degrees.

I called a tow truck to pick up my car & take it to the VW dealer down the street. Their shuttle drove me back home and was told they wouldn't know anything until the next day. This was bad news as I had a job interview to go to after school. I had to call & reschedule the interview for later on in the week.

So this morning I get up for school & mentally prepare myself to walk to school in the bitter cold this time carrying about 20 lbs of books as today I had all of my classes. I was dieing I couldn't believe that I had to walk with all that weight but I couldn't take a chance and leave any books at home.

The dealer finally calls and tells me I have water in the gas tank. I was like WHAT???? Needless to say I had them go ahead and fix the car as I can't be without it. $335.00 later the car is running like it use to.

If breaking down, having to walk to school for 2 days in the snow, getting hit with a huge repair bill wasn't bad enough the person that I was suppose to interview with called me to let me know that they already filled the position..Ughhhh I was really looking forward to that job I guess I'll have to keep on looking.

School Update

These past few weeks have been so great I have been doing well on all my exams in all my classes. Humanities is getting interesting we have been reading short stories that I have really found quite entertaining. I have also been having my chem labs and I have to say I was the 1st one finished in my group. I am so proud of myself I really have been trying hard not to mention studying my butt off.
I have sent out my resume to a few different vet offices & hopefully with some luck I will hear back from some of them soon. I would love to get a job in one of the vet offices that would be so GREAT! I would get so much hands on experience that will definitely help me out in school & when I am a CVT (Certified Veterinary Technician) just in case some of you didn't know what CVT meant...LOL
I have also had contact with the Sr. Zoo Veterinarian at the Denver Zoo she is a very nice lady. I am hoping that I can do my internship there that would be amazing. My dream is to one day be the Sr zoo vet but I will settle for being a Zoo CVT for now.
Well I'm off to class did I mention it is freezing over here :o)

Back 2 School

Well its back to school for me. I had a great time in Florida visiting my family I just wish I could of stayed longer. When I got back from my visit I went to check my mail and my grades from last quarter were there along with my new schedule. My 1st quarter I took Perspectives, Technical Writing, Medical Terminology & Chemistry. Chem Labs were so much fun we did different experiments each time we even made ice cream ;0)

I am so excited to get back into the swing of things at school. I have learned so much these past few months especially from my Med Term class. It was a very hard class we had to learn over 100 medical terms a week Prefix, sufix & definitions I never knew there were so many.

I just started my 2nd quarter last week adding Humanities to the mix. Thank god the books we have to read for humanities are animal related I would hate to have to read something boring.

I am hoping to land a vet office job doing anything assistant, receptionist, kennel tech just being in the clinic would be fine by me. I have applied at a few places hopefully someone will be hiring soon I would love to have something to do with my extra time & not to mention help my mom out with my expenses ( I am pretty expensive..LOL).

It has been really cold this month and it has begun to really snow. On Monday we had 4 inches of snow it was beautiful but COLD! I love the snow but I will take the sand over the snow any day. Today it was actually warm here 47 degrees.

The New Year

2008 came & went and now we're in 2009! This is going to be a great year I can just feel it. I have a lot of new year resolutions & I'm hoping I can stick to them. I want to get a job in a vets office, lose some weight, fix up my apartment, catch up with my scrapbooking, do good in school & last but not least TRAIN LOUIE!!!!!!!!!